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cavillation

cavillation noun: the act of cavilling.

Noun

cavillation (plural cavillations)

  1. The act of cavilling.
    • And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division...a. 1603, Francis Bacon, Discourse in the Praise of Queen Elizabeth

Forms of cavillation

pluralcavillations

Origin of cavillation

From Middle English cavillacioun, equivalent to cavil + -ation.

Questions about cavillation

What does cavillation mean?
Cavillation means the act of cavilling.
What part of speech is cavillation?
Cavillation is a noun.
What is the plural of cavillation?
The plural of cavillation is cavillations.

Words near cavillation in the dictionary

  1. cavilers
  2. caviling
  3. cavilingly
  4. cavilings
  5. Cavill
  6. cavillation
  7. cavillations
  8. cavilled
  9. caviller
  10. cavillers
  11. cavilling

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